Robert, You can do some limited searches on the previous 'paper' version of the book in books.google.de/books?id=BwxMAQAAIAAJ (try searching for your favourite Flores surname in the 'From inside the book' searchbox.
As John said before, the 'Familias' book covers each individual in more detail (birth, marriage, death and children) but only for three of the ten parishes that existed pre-1911. Maybe the fact that his work will now be easier to self-publish - as creating paper books requires public subsidies which are not easy to find in these times - may give him some incentive to continue that line of work.. He told me he's preparing the 'Familias' e-book in the coming months. The 'Casais' book cover all the parishes but only the marriage records. It's sectioned off by parishes and inside each parish by the name of the groom. There's no name index, but that's only important for the printed book. An e-book allows you to search easily, so it really doesn't matter how it's organized. If you've got any ancestors in the other parishes, I'd strongly recommend this book. João Ventura (not the one you've met, btw) On Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:19:04 AM UTC+1, robertjm wrote: > > Thanks John, > > You probably don't remember it, but you actually sent me copies of the > Cardims, and their related branches, at one time, after we both attended > the session Joao Ventura gave at San Jose State several years ago. > > I was just wondering if everything in that book was already in this ebook > as well, casamento-wise. > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 5:00 PM, John Vasconcelos > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> *Robert, >> The previous publication "Familias da Ilha das Flores", published in 1998 >> was a subset of the three parishes serving Villa das Lajes, Fazenda (das >> Lajes) and Lajedo done in great detail. Note that it is designated I Parte >> (Part 1). My understanding is that his original intent was to compile and >> publish a series of similarly detailed volumes covering all the Parishes on >> Flores (and Corvo) but found the task more time consuming than he had >> originally anticipated and decided to publish the Marriages book which is >> normally the first step in doing an extended genealogy (after first >> compiling your own family starting from YOU) Fortunately, that first volume >> gave me a head start on my paternal side since my paternal grandfather was >> from Fazenda. >> John Vasconcelos.* >> >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, robertjm >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Can you give me a better idea of what is inside this book? The previews >>> at Amazon and Lulu are only of the cover, which really isn't really a >>> preview at all. Is there a name index, or is a listing by >>> frequesa/parish? Also, is there any new info that's not published in the >>> older book Famílias da Ilha das Flores?' I ask, because I remember >>> seeing marriage info for some people in that book, so if I already have the >>> info from that, would this just be a duplicate? >>> >>> One word on formats. The Kindle format seems to be the same price as the >>> Lulu version, $14.99. Though it's a "Kindle" version, there are Kindle apps >>> for Android, IOS, Windows and Mac, so while it does have DRM, it IS >>> supported by a large amount of devices. For example, I've got a Nook Color, >>> which I've installed the Kindle app, along with my pc laptop, with a Kindle >>> app. Being that this is Amazon, I doubt they'd ever drop support for their >>> formats in future software apps. That would make any sense. >>> >>> The problem with the ADE version (Lulu) is you will only be able to use >>> it on Mac or Windows. While you might be able to side load it and use it on >>> Android, that's assuming you have Flash installed on your device, which >>> Adobe has killed for Android, and I'm not sure it was ever available on IOS >>> to begin with (Steve Jobs was notoriously anti-Flash). >>> >>> On Friday, December 28, 2012 3:33:47 AM UTC-8, João Ventura wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Finally, Francisco Gomes has published his 'Casais das Flores e do >>>> Corvo' book in e-book format. I suggested this to him recently after I saw >>>> the website for the book disappear from the web. I was informed that he >>>> had >>>> managed to sell all the paper copies, and I asked him to consider keeping >>>> it 'alive' as an e-book... >>>> >>>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] <javascript:>. 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